Call of the Wild (Ch. 6 & 7)

As Buck grew stronger they enticed him into all sorts of ridiculous games, in which Thornton himself could not forbear to join. (Ch. 6, p. 78)

His transient masters since he had come into the Northland had bred in him a fear that no master could be permanent. (Ch. 6, p. 80)

They attached the line with which they had been snubbing the boat to Buck's neck and shoulders, being careful that it should neither strangle him nor impede his swimming, and launched him into the stream. (Ch. 6, p. 86)

"Well," Matthewson said, slowly and deliberately, so that all could hear, "I've got a thousand dollars that says he can't..." (Ch. 6, p. 88)

A quibble arose concerning the phrase "break out." (Ch. 6, p. 90)

He was in perfect condition, without an ounce of superfluous flesh, and the one hundred and fifty pounds that he weighed were so many pounds of grit and virility. (Ch. 6, p. 91)

There was nothing for the dogs to do, save the hauling of meat now and again that Thornton killed, and Buck spent long hours musing by the fire. (Ch. 7, p. 98)

Through the forest they crept noiselessly, Buck at the hairy man's heels; and they were alert and vigilant, the pair of them, ears twitching and moving nostrils quivering, for the man heard and smelled as keenly as Buck. (Ch. 7, p. 98)

But in the end Buck's pertinacity was rewarded; for the wolf, finding that no harm was intended, finally sniffed noses with him. (Ch. 7, p. 101)

Unable to turn his back on the fanged danger and go on, the bull would be driven into paroxysms of rage. (Ch. 7, p. 107)

He was oppressed with a sense of calamity happening, if it were not calamity already happened; and as he crossed the last watershed and dropped down into the valley toward camp, he proceeded with greater caution. (Ch. 7, p. 110)